garnisheed; garnisheeing
1
: to serve with a garnishment
2
: to take (something, such as a debtor's wages) by legal authority
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Christina Hall, Freep.com, 10 Sep. 2025
The county's human resources and labor relations, attention retirement services, is listed as a garnishee.
—Christina Hall, Detroit Free Press, 6 July 2022
Fox News, 17 May 2018
Benton's Oregon Public Employees Retirement System benefits can't be garnisheed in this case because Higbee Benton, 54, was killed before the 2013 statue that allows the funds to be seized, Savage said.
—Everton Bailey Jr., OregonLive.com, 20 July 2017
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Noun
The new court filing lists a bank in Woodlands, Texas, as the garnishee.
—Christina Hall, Freep.com, 10 Sep. 2025
The county's human resources and labor relations, attention retirement services, is listed as a garnishee.
—Christina Hall, Detroit Free Press, 6 July 2022
Verb
State law allows the Oregon Department of Revenue to garnishee the teen's bank accounts or paychecks.
—Fox News, 17 May 2018
Benton's Oregon Public Employees Retirement System benefits can't be garnisheed in this case because Higbee Benton, 54, was killed before the 2013 statue that allows the funds to be seized, Savage said.
—Everton Bailey Jr., OregonLive.com, 20 July 2017
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“Garnishee.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/garnishee. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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garnishee
1 of 2 noun
gar·nish·ee
ˌgär-nə-ˈshē 
: a third party holding garnished property or money of a debtor
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